part-it-part-not was written by afshan, directed by Amy Hailwood and performed by Shakera Louise Ahad. It was part of Royal Exchange’s Come Closer: Memories of Partition event A UNIQUE COLLABORATION BETWEEN MANCHESTER MUSEUM, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER, GREATER MANCHESTER BAME NETWORK, AHMED IQBAL ULLAH RACE RELATIONS RESOURCE CENTRE AND THE ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE TO MARK THE […]
The play, The Promised Land written and performed by afshan and was part of a showcase at Southbank in London in July 2015 as part of the International Poetry Festival and then went on to tour Manchester and London. A Muslim woman called Aalia arrives from India to the UK as an asylum seeker, believing […]
BOOK TICKETS FOR VAULT FESTIVAL HERE Santi & Naz are best friends living in a small village in pre-partition India. Their story spans between 1945 & 1949. When Naz is betrothed to an older man, the threat of separation for the young women looms large on the horizon. As the political situation around partition worsens […]
How to Eat Mangoes is a radical and sensual antidote to the narratives of destruction and death we are being fed by the mainstream media. How to Eat Mangoes takes stories about rishta aunties (matchmaking aunties), erotic fiction and the exotic mango to question how we love, how we heal and most importantly how we eat mangoes. While a rishta aunty tells us who and how we should love, sounds of mangoes being eaten punctuate her every word. We’re left with suggestions […]
SUPPORTING POWERFUL STORYTELLING: NEW PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ROYAL EXCHANGE THEATRE AND WARNERMEDIA CHAMPIONS MANCHESTER WRITERS The Royal Exchange Theatre and WarnerMedia welcomed three brilliantly talented emerging writers, afshan d’Souza-lodhi, Stefanie Reynolds and Samuel Rossiter, to their brand-new joint programme WRITERS EXCHANGE. Designed to support writers in Greater Manchester whose voices are currently under-represented in both industries, and who have experienced barriers to forging sustainable […]
afshan has been selected as one of the associate artists for Oldham Coliseum. Over the 12 months, each artist will create at least one project in collaboration with Oldham Coliseum. afshan will be working on a new theatre piece around the role of activism within our communities. Oldham Coliseum Theatre is welcoming seven passionate and […]
afshan d’souza-lodhi is one of the first to receive The National Theatre’s Peter Shaffer 2022 Commission in conjunction with The Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester. The National Theatre has partnered with the Sir Peter Shaffer Charitable Foundation in committing to supporting playwrights with an initial two-year collaboration. Celebrating the life and career of Sir Peter Shaffer, this partnership […]
This summer we are celebrating the lives of lesser-known individuals from Hampton Court Palace’s history through a selection of performances. A team of talented writers, directors, and actors have given voice to these remarkable stories, lending their own lived experiences to the people presented. Don’t miss these entertaining and thought-provoking short scenes this summer. Pre-book […]
